SAT VOCABS

obstructed

blocked / hindered

premise

LOR / evidence

unpretentious

humble / modest

receptive to

open to / willing to consider

apprised of

informed about something or made aware of

incensed by

angered / outraged by something

surmised

to conclude or assume with little evidence

contrived

brought or created by trickery

subsumed in

included in

waive

give up a right or rule on purpose

haphazard

something done without plan, order, or direction

speculated

guessed, surmised, theorizing

optimize

make the most effective possbile use of available opportunities

adorn

decorate

endorse

openly approve / recommend

implication

conclusion

spurious

false

repudiates

reject

recants

withdraws a previously held belief

proclaims

declare

innocuous

harmless, safe

perturbation

deviation from expected

indolence

habitual laziness

predicated on

to be based

material to

had a real influence on

engendering

causing

inadequately

insufficient / not fulfilling

compotent

capable

transposed with

switched / interchanged

antecedent to

prior / earlier

contentious

causing controversy / argument

thwarted

to have one’s pans, goals, or effortrs prevented

insensible to

unaware

manifest

clearly visible

opaque

difficult to understand

authoritative

influential / clearly accurate

empricial

factual / verifiable

facile

superficial d

discernible

capable of being seen, noticed, or understood

inexplicable

something that is impossible to explain

anomaly

deviates from norms / expecations

affinity

an inclination or liking toward something

demarcated from

seperate

reconstituted as

formed again

conflated with

combined with

criteria

standards, rules

compliance

going along with a command

forfeiture of

giving up of something